Museum Metadata Embedder (MME)

Embed (write) metadata -Dublin Core, VRA Core, XMP, ISAD(G), IPTC, EXIF- into all types of images and PDF files from a normalized CSV.

MME is a Python 3 command line application, which uses ExifTool (by Phil Harvey) and also has a graphical interface, (GMME) runnable on Linux, MacOS and Windows.

Use

python mme.py CSV_PATH IMAGES_PATH

Positional arguments: CSV_PATH path to the CSV file to be processed. JPGS_PATH path to the JPG files.

Example:

python3 mme.py csv/test.csv images/

Options

-h (--help) Show this help message and exit.

-r ROW_PROGRESS_NOTIFY (--row-progress-notify ROW_PROGRESS_NOTIFY) The number of rows between progress notifications. 100 by default.

-n NOTIFY_BROKEN_KEYS (--notify-broken-keys NOTIFY_BROKEN_KEYS) Notify about broken/missing keys in the CSV. False by default.

-m MAX_DEPTH (--max-depth MAX_DEPTH) Maximum depth of subfolders to search for JPGS. 3 by default.

Extract metadata

To extract metadata from an image you must use ExifTool, which is provided in this repository

Example:

a. to extract VRA Core metadata:

exiftool -xmp-vrae:all image.tif

b. to extract all metadata:

exiftool -a -G1 -s image.tif

GMME (GUI)

gmme' is the graphical version of mme.py. It is a python3 script (only). It does not accept arguments.

Use:

python3 gmme.py &

Manual

English

https://docs.museosabiertos.org/en/museum-metadata-embedder

Spanish

https://docs.museosabiertos.org/es/museum-metadata-embedder

Tags

Embedded Metadata, Access to Digital Image Files, Open Content, Open Data, Metadata editor, Heritage

Acknowledgments

• Martin Gersbach, project management and development
• Harry van der Wolf, for his invaluable collaboration and creation of the graphical user interface (GUI) and its cross-platform executables
• Greg Reser, for all his support and collaboration on this VRA Core implementation
• Phil Harvey, for his excellent ExifTool, soon to be 30 years old!
• Patricia Harpring (Getty Vocabulary Program)
• Robin Johnson (Getty Vocabulary Program)
• Jairo Serrano, SysOp who makes everything work without breaking and fixes it when it does break
• Sebastián Gersbach, for the logo design and the icon package
• Centro de Documentación de Bienes Patrimoniales de Chile [https://www.aatespanol.cl/]

Patrons

This application has been made possible thanks to the Cultural Patronage program of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Argentina.

and especially to our sponsors

• Banco Hipotecario https://www.hipotecario.com.ar
• Techniques & Supplies https://www.techniques.com.ar
• Digital Ocean https://www.digitalocean.com